| ABUTMENT | • abutment n. The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts. • abutment n. (Engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault. • abutment n. (Engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables… |
| AMPUTATE | • amputate v. (Obsolete) To cut off, to prune. • amputate v. To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb. • AMPUTATE v. to cut off. |
| AMUSETTE | • amusette n. A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel. • AMUSETTE n. (French) a light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel. |
| AUTOMATE | • automate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To replace or enhance human labor with machines. • AUTOMATE v. to convert to automatic control. |
| MAQUETTE | • maquette n. A preliminary model or sketch used in preparation for making a sculpture. • maquette v. (Art, transitive, intransitive, rare) To prepare a maquette (of). • MAQUETTE n. (French) a small model of something to be made on a larger scale. |
| MATURATE | • maturate v. (Transitive) To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen. • maturate v. (Medicine, transitive) To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess). • maturate v. (Medicine, intransitive) To undergo perfect suppuration. |
| MATUREST | • maturest adj. Superlative form of mature: most mature. • maturest v. (Archaic) second-person singular simple present form of mature. • MATURE adj. fully developed, also MATURATE. |
| MATUTINE | • matutine adj. Of or relating to early morning; occurring in the early morning; matutinal. • matutine adj. (Astrology) Before the sun (of the rising of a planet or star); that rises before the sun (of a planet or star). • MATUTINE adj. relating to or occurring in the morning, also MATUTINAL. |
| MUTATIVE | • mutative adj. Relating to mutation. • MUTATIVE adj. changing, mutable, also MUTATORY. |
| MUTICATE | • MUTICATE adj. in botany, having no point or awn, also MUTICOUS. |
| MUTILATE | • mutilate v. To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb. • mutilate v. To destroy beyond recognition. • mutilate v. (Figuratively) To render imperfect or defective. |
| NUTMEATS | • nutmeats n. Plural of nutmeat. • NUTMEAT n. the edible kernel of a nut. |
| TAPETUMS | • TAPETUM n. (Latin) a reflective layer of the choroid in the eyes of many animals, causing them to shine in the dark. |
| TAUTOMER | • tautomer n. (Chemistry) Any of the multiple forms of a tautomeric compound. • TAUTOMER n. a type of chemical compound. |
| TESTAMUR | • testamur n. A certificate of successful completion of an examination. • TESTAMUR n. (Latin) a certificate of having passed an examination. |
| TESTATUM | • testatum n. (Law) One of the clauses of an English deed, enumerating the operative words of transfer, statement… • TESTATUM n. (Latin) one of the clauses of an English deed. |
| ULTIMATE | • ultimate adj. Final; last in a series. • ultimate adj. (Of a syllable) Last in a word or other utterance. • ultimate adj. Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme. |
| UNMATTED | • unmatted v. Simple past tense and past participle of unmat. • unmatted adj. Not matted. • UNMATTED adj. not matted. |